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Whiskey The World’s Oldest Cat Dies At The Age Of 30
HE was born just weeks after the first Live Aid concert, and when the Berlin Wall was still very much up.
But a month after reaching his 30th birthday, the world’s oldest cat has died.
Born on August 1, 1985, Whiskey the black and white cat lived an equivalent of 138 human years.
Heartbroken owner Lorraine Arnott, 34, was only five when Whiskey was born and they have been inseparable ever since.
But when he began to lose weight and struggled to walk last week, she knew it was time for him to be put down - at 30 years, one month and 10 days old.
He had already gone blind as a result of kidney failure.
Miss Arnott, an assistant on school transport, said: ‘He had been ill for a few days and he could not stand up.
'Unfortunately it was time to say goodbye and I could not see him suffer.
'I wish it was me that died, I have lost everything and I’ve got nothing left.
'He was better than any brother or boyfriend. There will be no replacement for him.
'He used to give lovely kisses by putting his paws on my chest and started kissing me on the lips.’
Whiskey even survived a fire at his home last year and Miss Arnott said he put his paw over his face to stop him breathing in smoke.
Recently he had been on medication for his ailing kidneys but was a lover of food throughout his life.
Miss Arnott, from Aston Clinton, Buckinghamshire, added: 'But he was a fussy little bugger.
'He’d always have a roast dinner with chicken or lamb too. In his last days, he ate 10 sachet of Morrisons cat food and he loved it.
'I gave him lots of love and he always slept under my duvet. He was always warm.’
Tributes have been pouring in from friends and fans and Miss Arnott expects many cards to come in as when her other cat Rosie died at age 25.
Miss Arnott said Whiskey’s mother Lady, which was owned by her family also lived to the ripe old age of 27.
Whiskey was a hermaphrodite when it was born, with both ovaries and testes. But after an operation he was firmly a male.
Pictures courtesy of South West News
